by Dan Rua…just a VC, living vicariously thru entrepreneurs…

Is This What a Proletarian Revolution Looks Like?

As I was completing my last post, I realized that what scares me more than those near-term impacts is the long-term cost of added government regulation and spending in the wake of this meltdown — and a bold new chorus of socialist attacks on free markets and capitalism. The $700B being considered by congress will be a drop in the bucket of American losses if this event sparks the proletarian revolution many here and abroad yearn for in America.

“My object in life is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism” & “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.” — Karl Marx

On a lighter note, as I was looking for John Galt’s response to the Marx quotes above, I ran across this parody of Atlas Shrugged in 1000 words. It’s my favorite book, but I couldn’t help chuckling at the critique — in a mocking sort of way 😉 If you haven’t read Atlas Shrugged yet, buy it now and I’ll see you at Galt’s Gulch!

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Thanks for stopping by. In case we haven't met before, I'm Dan Rua, Managing Partner of Inflexion Partners, an early-stage venture capital fund based in Florida and focused on the Southeast US. Prior to Inflexion I was a partner with Draper Atlantic, DFJ's first east coast fund based in Northern Virginia. Prior to that I co-founded an email software company and was an engineer with IBM's Networking Software Labs in RTP, NC.

This blog is for sharing stories and discussing entrepreneurs, venture capital, technology, and Florida -- particularly when I can provide perspective unique from the typical Boston (B) or Silicon Valley (S) view. Inflexion is my third fund and all my funds have focused on building world-changing companies in regions outside the BS...